Corn and cotton planter.



.S. D. IENNINGS.

' CORN AND COTTON PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I 1914.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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' To all-'whom t may concern:

Y'Be it known that I, Suns D. JENnINcs, a citizen 'of theUnited States,. residing at Toney, in the county of Madison, State of 5.Alabama, have invented certain new and nsefnl Improvements in .Corn and Cotton 'l Planters; -and I do hereby declare Athe fol-l j lowing to be a fnll, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable L@ others skilled-in the art to which apperi tains Vto make and use the same.

Y This invention relates to improvements in planting machines. 'A

' One object of the'invention is to provide a planting machine which distribute fertilizer 'simultaneously with the planting of the seed, and'at .the sides ofthe 'row in stead of in the middle of the row.

Aunother'object is to provide a. novel means i0 for adjusting the flow-of the fertilizer.

Other objects and advantagesiwill be apparent from the following description, when 'fg taken in connection with the drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a planting machine made in accordance .with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional detail Von the line L1--l'of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on theline 55`of Fig. 1,

. the fertilizer hopper being partlybroken away. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the -line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

' Referring particularly to the accompany- 35 ing drawings, 10 represents a frame which has a ground wheel lllmounted in the forward end and the draft means 1-2 alsomounted on Vthe forward end of the frame. Suitable handles 13 are mounted on the rear i i .40 of the frame. Mounted on the'frame in ad.

Vance `of' the handles 'is a seed hopper. 14, and extending below this hopper is a seed boot or tube 15. Shoes 16 are 'disposedat the sides vof the bottom of the boot and have their forward ends pivotally` connected with the frame as at 17 and suitably braced as at 118. In rear of the-'shoes are mountedthe covering` blades 19,- while in rear o f the covering blades is a smoothing roller 20, this roller being AVin the form ofa double conejso' w Specicati'ron ofLetters Patent.

accompanying comeY am) common rumena..

.Patented Mar. 28. 1916.

application mea August 17, 191e serial no. 85%',247.

tom plate having a central elevation 26 and a vertically extending circumferential flange 27. In diametrically opposite sides in Vthe lower end of the hopper are formed openings 28, and secured within these openings are the delivering elements 29, these elements being similar in shape to the Vordinary turning` plow but on a smaller scale. The lower ends of these delivering elements 'rest within the space between the elevationA 26 and the. Hange 27 so that as the bottom member 25 rotates these delivering devices will scrape the lime from the bottom mem-v ber and deliver. it over the edge of the flange 27. The bottom of the member 25 is provided with a toothed ring 30 which is engaged by .a pinion 31 carried by a shaftV 32 extending longitudinally of the frame 10 under both of the hoppers. The shaft also carries a pinion 33 for operating the seed disk of theV hopper 14,

Below each of the delivering devices 30 is aboot 34 to the low er end of each of which there are connected the shoes 35, the forward ends of the shoes are connected with the frame 10 at 36 and braced as at 37. These boois34 are 'slightly longerthan the boots 15 so that, the lime will be placedat a greater,

depth than the seed. It will be noticed that the shoes 35. are disposed on opposite sides of,

the lineof travel-of the shoes 16, thus causingthe limeto be44 deposited at the sides of the line of seed instead of 4in the'line as with devices of this character heretofore.

' What is claimed is:

'In' a fertilizer distributer, brackets," a hop-- per vertically adjustable on the'brackets'and having, a rotatable bottom 'provided with a' central elevation anda 'peripheral -vertical flange, means below the hopper' for delivering fertilizer to the ground, the lower end tilizer over the said flange and through said of the body of the hopper being open and openings. l 1'0 embracing the said rotatable bottom, said In testimony whereof l aix my signature, lower end having a circular series of open- 'in the presence of tWo Witnesses.v

3 ings, and lflow-shaped scraper elements SILAS D. JENNlNGS.

mounted at opposite sides of the hopper and Witnesses: engaging in the rotary bottom between the J. E. CRUTCHER,

elevation and the flange for scraping the fer- C. .111-11`111\G.S. 

